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CompetenciesSobekCM

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Abstract:

Overview documentation and basic guide for the SobekCM Curator Tools. The SobekCM Curator Tools include the Curator Dashboard and much more, including the Curatorial Review & Update Tools. The Curatorial Review & Update Tools or Curator Update Tools are specialized tools for reviewing and editing single objects already online within the curator’s digital collection. The Curator Update Tools support enriched functionality for digital library and collection curators for curatorial control of materials. The Curator Update Tools are displayed at the top of any item pages when a curator is logged in SobekCM.

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University of Florida

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University of Florida

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Applicable rights reserved.

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AA00016133:00002

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Page 1 of 9 C uratorial Review & Update Tool s with in the SobekCM Curator Tools Overview The SobekCM Curator Tools include the Curator Dashboard 1 and much more including the Curatorial Review & Update Tools. The Curatorial Review & Update Tools or Curator Update Tools are specialized tools for reviewing and editing single o bjects already online within the curator s digital collection. The Curator Update T ools support enriched functionality for digital library and collection curators for curatorial control of materials. T he Curator Update T ools are displayed at the top of any item pages when a curator is logged in SobekCM. 2 As shown in the ima ge on this page the Curator U pdate Tools includes these quick links at the top most level: Hide Resource Object ID Quick Search Also, a t the next level : E dit Metadata E dit Behaviors Q uality Control P ublic Item V iew Work His tory M anage Files ? (Help) And, a t the third l evel: Comments 1 Guide to the SobekCM Curator Dashboard: http:// d loc.com /AA00016133/00001/pdf 2 Administrators can enable the Curator Tools for any user using the SobekCM Administrator To ols ; see the SobekCM Administrator documentation and help online: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/adminhelp/tasks

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Page 2 of 9 Quick Links for the Curator U pdate Tools The Curator Update Tool quick links provide instant access to in form ation frequently needed by c urators The Curator Update Tools a re arranged in three levels Top Level Quick Links Hide (and arrow) The Hide and A rrow quickly hide and unhide the Curator U pdate Tools for curator ease when showing collections in presentations and in other situations where curators prefer not to display the Curator U pdate Tools Resource Object ID The Resource Object ID provides the full uniq ue identifier for the item for ease in reviewing The Resource Object ID is also known as the BIBID and VID. The first part of the Resource Obje ct ID is clicka ble, and goes to the editable i n f o r mation for multi volume items. 3 3 For information on adding additional volumes or items to a resource object, see: http:// d loc.com /AA00011590/00001/allvolumes

Page 4 of 9 S econd Level Quick Links Edit Metadata The E dit Metadata link allows curators to edit metadata online, for instant updates. The standar d editing form o ffers a plethora of supports for metadata editing with many forms and sections for ease in adding structured metadata through a simple web form. The standard editing form i s a robust, simplified format for items without underlying MARC records. F or i tems wi thout MARC records c urators can c lick the full form link from the top which then transforms the metadata and allows for all granular MARC editing, again using the simplified web form. 4 4 For more on metadata editing, see: http://dloc.com/sobekcm/metadata

Page 6 of 9 Q uality Control Quality Control allows C urators to review the item, assign pagination and structural me t a data (chapter titles and ot her sections within items ), and make various corrections to materials. Quality Control is m ost often used within production proc esses, but is also useful for various curator needs. P ublic Item Public Item is actually a range of status possibilities for an item with these options: public, restricted (by IP range), private (for in p rocess), and delete (for adminstrators only)

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Page 7 of 9 V iew Work His tory View Work History allows curators to review the prior work history f or an item. View Work History includes several components, w hich are : M ilestones o P roduction milestone information for digitization and digital curation History o D etails on actions, dates, and users Media o Details on hard media, f or items archived to stored media Archives o Details on digital archiving, for items i n digital preserv ation archiving syst ems Directory o Listing of all files for the item with file sizes type of files, size, and last modified date

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Page 8 of 9 M anage Files M anage Files allows curators to review files for an item and upload additional files. Manage Files shows the list of files and allows for more files to be loaded by browsi ng, selecting, and uploading Thus, it is as easy a s attaching a file to an email :

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Page 9 of 9 ? (Help) The ? for help links to the main SobekCM Help Pages for quick reference system help. T hird Level Quick Links Comments Comments allow curators to add internal notes and comments for items with an easy form These are the internal commen ts that display on the Private Items list, which is accessible through the Curator Das hboard 5 T he bottom, right corner of the text box for Comments can be dragged to increase the text box size. This ensures ease for adding longer comments as well as for shorter comments. 5 For t he Curator Dashboard and the SobekCM Curator Tools see: http:// dloc.com /AA00016133/00001/pd f